John Calvin Coolidge Jr.: The President Nobody Remembers

Dylan Aviles World History Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767 in the Waxhaws region of North Carolina. Jackson was elected as the seventh president of the United States in 1828. Jackson's candidacy for President quickly gained many supporters early on. Jackson stood as an example of someone who came from nothing. Andrew was an orphan who overcame humble beginnings in the rural areas of the Carolinas only to later become a hard working, self made businessman.

Andrew Jackson, being a tyrant, abused his power in his time of presidency. He was the 7th president, but before Jackson’s presidency, he had no political experience. One of the only things that really qualified him was the hardships he went through when he was younger. His father had died while Jackson was young and Jackson received the reputation as a “self-made man”, or an independent man. This title gave him a boost on reasons of why he should become president.

Through this source we can see, that although Nixon was concerned by the Anti-war movement, he refused to alter his policies to satisfy them. This adequately proves that the Anti- war movement didn’t have a didn’t have a direct influence on Nixon’s Indochinese policy. Contrarily, One could argue that because he mentioned the Anti-war movement at all he was indeed effected by them, however this is more of an indirect impact, and doesn’t demonstrate a direct influence of policy. This source shows that President Nixon refused to listen to the

Andrew Jackson is most famous for being considered the first "common man" to become president. He also made changes to the way the presidency was run. Prior to becoming president he was known as a war hero from the War of 1812. In Jackson’s early years he was said to have no formal education, but taught himself law and he became a successful lawyer. During his 1828 campaign his campaigners described him as a war hero who had been born poor and rose to success through his own hard work.

Gatsby is a wealthy man who lives in West Egg. He tells Nick that he is “the son of some wealthy people in the Middle West” (Fitzgerald, 65). He later states, “I was brought up in America but educated at Oxford, because all my ancestors have been educated there for many years. It is a family tradition” (Fitzgerald, 65). This is what Gatsby wants Nick to believe but, in reality, Nick tells the reader that Gatsby was a man by the name of James Gatz and he was the son of unsuccessful farmers.

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. He was born on February 12, 1809, in Kentucky Hodgenville, and he grew up in Kentucky and Indiana. He was the second child of Thomas and Nancy Lincoln, and he was a father of four, Robert, Edward, Tad, and Willie Lincoln, with his wife Mary Todd Lincoln. Abraham bought a small general store with his partner at the age of 23 in 1832 at New Salem, Illinois. Even though the economy wasn 't going through rough times, Lincoln was struggling where he sold the store.

Like any celebrity, accounts describing his early life were shadowed by his later exploits and added either positively or negatively to his reputation. Dillinger was the youngest of two children born to John Wilson Dillinger and Mary Ellen “Molly” Lancaster. The elder Dillinger was a somber, church-going small businessman who owned a neighborhood grocery store and some rental

Alexander Hamilton not only had one role in American history, but he had multiple roles. Alexander Hamilton was an important figure in American history. He was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, was George Washington’s right hand man, major author of the Federalists papers, was the first Secretary of the Treasury, and much more. Alexander Hamilton was born on the British West Indies Island of Nevis on January 11, 1757. His father abandoned his family when he was an infant, so they struggled to survive.

His life has never been described of embodying hip-hop, until only recently. Alexander Hamilton is finally getting the recognition he lacked and deserved during his time. This is all due to Lin Manuel Miranda’s masterpiece, Hamilton, an American musical. As often pointed out in the musical, Hamilton commonly is clashed in with the other founding fathers, most just know him for fixing the nation’s economy. Though his accomplishments go far beyond fixing the banks and stabilizing the nation’s economy.

Since he lived in Elizabethan England life was very hard for him because he wasn’t born into a family of wealth or nobility and he didn’t have a great education. Shakespeare wrote thirty-eight plays, one hundred and fifty-four sonnets and two narrative poems. He produced his best-known works between 1589 and 1613, and from then onward they are considered classics. Ben Jonson is regarded as the second most important English playwright after William Shakespeare. He was born in Westminster in late 1572 and died on August 6, 1637.